Taxonomic Information
Common Name: Lined hooktail
Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This common species has been recorded so far from Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir UT, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu within Indian limits.
This is a common species.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | ||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 13 | 3 |
Clausnitzer, V. 2009. Paragomphus lineatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T158710A5271177. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158710A5271177.en. Downloaded on 10 June 2021.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Paragomphus lineatus Selys, 1850 – Lined Hooktail. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/paragomphus-lineatus, accessed 2026/03/16.